زعل

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root زعل primarily relates to a state of being active, energetic, or lively, often associated with good health or vigor. It can also describe a state of hunger-induced distress or a specific type of camel behavior. The root encompasses terms for activity, liveliness, and sometimes a restless or agitated state.

Derived headwords

الزعلnoun

1.
Liveliness, vigorboth
A state of being active, energetic, and lively, often due to good health or nourishment.
2.
Distress from hungerclassical
A feeling of intense hunger or the distress caused by it, described as a gnawing or churning sensation.

زعلverb

1.
To be livelyboth
To be active, energetic, and vigorous.
2.
To be distressed by hungerclassical
To suffer from intense hunger.
3.
To be restless (horse)classical
Said of a horse that becomes restless or agitated, especially when it disengages from its rider.

زَعِلٌadjective

1.
Lively, energeticboth
Describing someone or something that is active, vigorous, and full of life.
2.
Lively and mischievousclassical
Characterizing someone who is not only lively but also somewhat mischievous or impudent.

تزعلverb

1.
To be livelyboth
To become active, energetic, and vigorous.

أزعلهverb

1.
To make livelyboth
To cause someone or something to become lively, energetic, or vigorous.

زَعْلَةnoun

1.
Ostrichclassical
A name for an ostrich, considered a variant or dialectal form of صَعْلَة.
2.
Camel with irregular calvingclassical
A female camel that gives birth in one year but not the next, and continues this pattern throughout her life.

زَعْلُولadjective

1.
Light, agileclassical
Describing someone who is quick, agile, and nimble.

إزعيلadjective

1.
Lively, spiritedclassical
Describing a donkey that is lively and spirited.

العلزnoun

1.
Distress from hungerclassical
A gnawing or churning sensation caused by intense hunger.

زَعِلnoun

1.
The hungry oneclassical
One who is suffering from intense hunger.

زَعْلnoun

1.
Livelinessclassical
The state of being lively and active.

زَعِيلname

1.
A proper nameclassical
Used as a proper name.

زَعْلname

1.
A proper nameclassical
Used as a proper name.

زَعْلnoun

1.
A place nameclassical
Designates a specific location.

Parallel reading

والزعل كالعلز من المرض، والفعل كالفعل.

And al-za'al is like al-'alz from illness, and the verb is like the verb.

والزعل: النشاط.

And al-za'al: liveliness.

والزعل: النشيط الأشر.

And al-za'al: the lively, impudent one.

وزعل زعلا، فهو زعل، وتزعل، كلاهما: نشط؛

And he was lively with liveliness, so he is lively, and he became lively, both mean: he was active;

ينتقن بالقوم من التزعل ... ميس عمان، ورحال الإسحل

They choose from the people the lively ones... Mays 'Ammān, and the travelers of al-Isḥal

وأزعله الرعي والسمن: نشطه؛

And grazing and fattening made him lively: it made him active;

أكل الجميم وطاوعته سمحج ... مثل القناة، وأزعلته الأمرع

He ate the abundant pasture and the smooth-necked camel obeyed him... like a spear, and the vigorous one made him lively.

وزعل الفرس زعلا: استن بغير فارسه.

And the horse was lively with liveliness: it became restless without its rider.

وفرس سعل زعل: نشيط.

And a vigorous, lively horse: active.

وحمار زعل وإزعيل: نشيط مستن.

And a lively and spirited donkey: active and restless.

ورجل زعلول: خفيف؛ عن كراع، وفي المصنف: زغلول، بالغين المعجمة لا غير.

And a light man, z'alūl: agile; according to Kra'a, and in al-Muṣannaf: zagh'lūl, with ghayn mu'jamah and no other.

والزعل والعلز: التضور.

And al-za'al and al-'alz: the gnawing hunger.

والزعل: المتضور جوعا.

And al-za'al: the one suffering from hunger.

والزعلة: النعامة، لغة في الصعلة، وحكى يعقوب أنه بدل.

And al-za'lah: the ostrich, a variant of al-ṣa'lah, and Ya'qūb narrated that it is a substitution.

والزعلة من الحوامل «1» التي تلد سنة ولا تلد أخرى كذلك تكون ما عاشت.

And al-za'lah is from the pregnant ones that give birth one year and not the next, and it remains so as long as she lives.

وزعل وزعيل: اسمان.

And Za'al and Za'īl: two names.

والزعل: موضع.

And al-Za'al: a place.